Not content with candy-related takedowns, King has seemingly contradicted its promises to be thoughtful in its application of trademark claims by filing a notice against The Banner Saga, a game with absolutely no connection to Candy Crush Saga beyond a shared word.

Indie developer Cariboo has launched Candy Jam, a game jam inspired by Candy Crush Saga King’s trademark on the word “candy”. The only rules of the jam are to “make a game involving candies. Consider using the word ‘candy’ several times, also ‘scroll’, ‘saga’ and ‘apple’ might give bonus points.” To avowed purpose of the […]

Square Enix has filed a trademark for The Seeds of Salvation, as screengrabbed by AllGamesBeta. Theres been no announcement, but the title was also trademarked in Japan in November, at which time we speculated it might be a new Dragon Quest game. It’d be great to see a Dragon Quest game release in Japan and […]

EA has filed two trademarks for Desert Strike, which you may recall as a 16-bit era isometric action strategy hybrid which spawned a series of five games ending with 1997 N64, PC and PSOne release Nuclear Strike. There’s been no indication the publisher intends to resurrect the beloved property, unfortunately, so don’t get too excited […]

Square Enix has made a number of trademarks which seem related to Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, suggesting it is contemplating a sequel. A Japanese blog spotted the publisher’s freshly-registered local trademarks for Bravely Second and Bravely Third. The 3DS exclusive RPG looks to be headed west at last in updated re-release Bravely Default: For the […]

Despite all our hopes for the future of the Call of Duty franchise being placed entirely on the possibility of the existence of a Space Warfare subfranchise, it doesn’t look like that’s going to be reversing all the negativity thrown at the blockbuster series by fans of Battlefield any time soon, as the trademark for […]

Take Two has filed a new trademark for Bully, which may just be the regular cycle of good business practice but is a great excuse for speculation. Bully, otherwise known as Canis Canem Edit, was developed by Rockstar Vancouver, which went on to lead Max Payne 3. In the interim, it’s probably been busy helping […]

Blizzard has filed a US trademark for the phrase “cute but deadly” across a variety of goods and services. Don’t get too excited, though – the publisher has not picked up the trademark as it pertains to video games. Looks like a merchandising drive is in the works to me. Thanks, Gamespot.

Namco Bandai has filed a trademark in Europe for something called Lost Swords. The trademark encompass various video game jargon, and as Siliconera points out, it doesn’t seem to be connected to any particular title in Japan. While it could be something new it could also be a subtitle or a name change for a […]

According to Siliconera, Shaquille O’Neal’s licensing company, Mine O’ Mine, has filed a swathe of gaming-related trademarks for “Shaq Fu”, the title of a 16-bit era game starring the NBA favourite. Previously, the company registered trademarks for Shaqfighter, but there’s not been any indication it intends to do anything with these marks – yet. Thanks, […]